Rural Research & Planning Group (RRPG) October 2010 Meeting and Workshop

Introduction

Rural Research and Planning Group is an international platform for meeting and networking among those specialists/experts and practitioners in the field of rural development and planning to discuss, exchange of experiences, research findings and ideas, plan and organize activities for mutual benefit.

The first workshop will focus on the theme “One Village One Product (OVOP)” which include discussion on the concept and experiences of implementations of OVOP and other similar/related concepts such as economic/industrial cluster in rural setting.   

First workshop at UTM, Skudai 2010

Purpose of the workshop :

Identify the challenges and deepen our interpretation of the concept

Understand and investigate current issues

Come out with a roadmap for immediate experimentation with  innovations in the methodology

Identify what are the issues which demand further research

Reexamine the relevance of the concept in different world regions and village situations

Discuss Initial ideas for new directions

Date                   :           4-5^th October 2010

Venue                 :           Meeting Room 1, Faculti Alam Bina, UTM, Skudai

Field Study         :           Pontian, Johor

Papers Presented in Workshop
1. OVOP Movement In Oita And Local Industrial Development In Asia  The Issues And Problems Of OVOP Model In Asia- (Prof. Kunio Igusa, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan).
2.Case study of Tourism (Prof. Amran Hamzah ,Director of Centre for Innovative Planning and Development UTM).
 3.Traditional Cluster Development In Indonesia (Holi Bina Wijaya& Imam Buchori, Diponegoro University, Indonesia).
4. One Village One Product? Issues And Challenges In Homestay Programme In Penang, Malaysia  (Dr Sharifah Rohayah Sheikh Dawood , Universiti Sains Malaysia).
5. Case Study in Bangladesh  (Md Faizal Islam, Bangladesh).

6."Difficulties of OVOP Development due to Resource Mobile” (Joesron Alie Syahbana  Diponegoro University)
7.“Experiences Of OVOP Implementation In Africa And Thailand” -Innovative approach to the local economic revitalization in the world (Prof. Kiyoto Kurokawa, Yokohama National Universtiy)
8.Case Study in Malaysia (Associate Prof. Ibrahim Ngah and Associate Prof. Dr Rozeyta Omar, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia).
9.Briefing on Development in Pontian District (Encik Joharudin Samion, Pejabat Daerah Pontian, Johor).

Site Visit 

Visit Tanjung Pia National Park- natural mangrove forest

Next meeting will held in Semarang Indonesia September 2011